Kjell Bjartveit

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Odd Kjell Bjartveit (14 August 1927 – 22 February 2011) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

He was born in

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]

He chaired the National Council on Smoking and Health from 1971, and Oslo Inner Mission from 1971 to 1981.[1] He was also the director of the National Association for Public Health from 1997 to 2001, expert advisor to the World Health Organization, president of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in 1999 and 2000, and president of the Governing Council of the International Non-Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco.[2]

He was married to Eleonore Bjartveit.[2]

References

  1. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Dr Kjell Bjartveit, former Union president, dies in Oslo". International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

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